Apache Project Bestows `Committer' Status On TechOne Consultant.Business Editors OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 28, 2000 TechOne's contribution and participation in Apache SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol (protocol) Simple Object Access Protocol - (SOAP) A minimal set of conventions for invoking code using XML over HTTP. DevelopMentor, Microsoft Corporation, and UserLand Software submitted SOAP to the IETF as an internal draft in December 1999. Latest version: SOAP 1. ) has earned one of the company's senior consultants the status of "committer" to the project. Only 12 other developers in the world share this prestigious honor that enables Vahe Amirbekyan, Ph.D., to write directly into the project source code. The goal of the project is to further drive the adoption of SOAP. The protocol enables the user to activate an application, or even an individual object or method, across the Internet. SOAP is based on XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. , a language touted with the ability to revolutionize information exchange; much the same way HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. paved the way for the Web. TechOne currently uses SOAP as one of the standards for B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business and A2A A2A Access to Archives (UK) A2A Application to Application A2A Air-To-Air (weapon) A2A Administration-to-Administration A2A Any to Any (Application-to-Application) integration. TechOne has incorporated SOAP support into the infrastructure of its proprietary technology that allows TechOne to deliver customized solutions to Global 1000 and emerging company clients in half the time. "Incorporating SOAP within our technology framework enables us to create a more powerful flow of information among divergent systems and applications," explains Amirbekyan. "Our contribution to the Apache project is based on logical extensions to SOAP that we developed while integrating SOAP into the framework of our technology." "We see our status as a `committer' to the SOAP project as a great honor and a serious responsibility," adds Vipul Singhal, president of TechOne. "SOAP provides an opportunity to standardize and simplify the way businesses and their partners integrate and collaborate applications and services across the web. We're pleased to contribute some technology towards the fulfillment of Apache's extraordinary Open Source project." The Apache product is based on, and supersedes, the IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) SOAP4J implementation. It is one of two major products implementing the SOAP protocol. In addition to TechOne, Apache SOAP contributors also work at IBM (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :IBM) research labs, Allaire (Nasdaq:ALLR) and DevelopMentor. Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade ) is developing the other SOAP product. About TechOne, Inc. TechOne is an innovative IT/E-Commerce consulting and integration company that creates enterprise-class, custom solutions for established and emerging companies. Founded in 1994, TechOne enjoys a 100 percent client satisfaction record for its ability to deliver superior quality business solutions in half the time. |
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